Saint Clair’s Core Wines – The Premium Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay

FEATURED WINES IN THIS REVIEW

• Saint Clair Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 26-Aug-2011

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Brilliant pale straw-yellow colour with pale green hues, this has a softly full, intense and textured nose of ripe, pungent passionfruit, tropical fruit and fresh capsicums. Dry to taste, the palate is crisp, fresh and zesty with slippery acidity carrying concentrated flavours of passionfruit, fresh herbs and minerals. The wine has excellent depth and concentration and a long, sustained finish.. Fruit from the Lower Wairau Valley and Rapaura cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.0% alc. and 3.4 g/L rs. This will develop more richness and lusciousness over the next 2-3 years. Match with seafood, poultry and vegetables. 18.5-/20 Aug 2011 RRP $21.50
• Saint Clair Marlborough Chardonnay 2010
  Chardonnay from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 18-Aug-2011

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Wairau Valley fruit approx. 50% barrel-fermented to 14.0% alc., with this portion undergoing MLF. 8 months maturation in French and American oak. Bright straw-yellow colour with some pale lemon hues. This is elegant and well-proportioned on the nose, with ripe citrus and melon fruit aromas along with buttery, creamy elements from the barrel-ferment and MLF amalgam. Dry to taste, this has sweetly ripe, up-front tropical fruit with buttery, nutty flavours on a mouthfilling, medium-weighted palate. The core of fruit is enveloped by the creamy textures and enlivened by sleek, crisp acidity. The wine finishes with a good, dry, nutty, buttered toast finish. Drink with grilled seafood, chicken and roasted pork dishes over the next 3-4+ years. 17.5+/20 Aug 2011 RRP $21.50